Waage Surname
Approximately 3,604 people bear this surname
Waage Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 1,644 | 1:3,128 | 282 |
| United States | 1,015 | 1:357,102 | 31,891 |
| Germany | 297 | 1:271,062 | 28,716 |
| Iceland | 259 | 1:1,468 | 246 |
| Denmark | 87 | 1:64,882 | 6,521 |
| Netherlands | 86 | 1:196,363 | 27,376 |
| Canada | 49 | 1:751,951 | 59,756 |
| Sweden | 45 | 1:218,817 | 15,158 |
| Austria | 25 | 1:340,617 | 36,996 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
Waage (20) may also be a first name.
Waage Demographics
Average Waage Salary in
United States
$46,993 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Waage Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waage Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waage is carried by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waage? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 126,167th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,022,072 people. The surname Waage occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Waage live; 57 percent live in Northern Europe and 56 percent live in Scandinavia. Waage is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 20 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Norway, where it is carried by 1,644 people, or 1 in 3,128. In Norway Waage is primarily concentrated in: Western Norway, where 61 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 25 percent reside and Northern Norway, where 5 percent reside. Besides Norway Waage occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent reside and Germany, where 8 percent reside.
Waage Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Waage has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Waage last name grew 3,383 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Waage Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Waage last name are 9.95% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.72% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Waage earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 27.21% more than the national average, earning 440,234 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 34.84% less than the national average, earning R 154,848 per year; in United States they earn 8.91% more than the national average, earning $46,993 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.54% less than the national average, earning $39,479 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Waage
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